Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Platform Engineer
Dorset > Bournemouth

As of 5 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Platform Engineer daily rate in Bournemouth.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 1.23% - 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% - 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £525 - £500

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bournemouth with a recognized job title 80 52 100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.77% 100.00% 99.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 35 67
10th Percentile £303 £325 £170
25th Percentile £381 £389 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £275
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +63.64% -42.86%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £672
90th Percentile £688 £635 £825
Dorset median daily rate £500 £463 £498
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.04% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 24
10th Percentile - - £13.00
25th Percentile - £14.41 £14.19
Median hourly rate £22.00 £14.81 £15.31
Median % change year-on-year +48.55% -3.27% -12.51%
75th Percentile £33.41 £20.11 £17.54
90th Percentile £40.25 £23.04 £18.74
Dorset median hourly rate £54.91 £14.81 £46.39
% change year-on-year +270.73% -68.08% -14.24%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Platform Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Platform Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bournemouth region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Python

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes